*Credit to jhan523. He posted the original thread, but it got closed.
http://www.macinsiders.com/showthrea...=team+cana da

Talk about Canada's men's and women's hockey team for the Vancouver Olympics!

With the 2010 Canadian Olympic men's hockey team to be announced in 9 days, and with the constant speculation on possible rosters that is being done, I thought it would be nice to group them all together to compare.

Who would play for Canada if you were picking the Olympic team?

MY CHOICES FOR TEAM CANADA'S FINAL ROSTER

Forwards
Nash - Crosby - Iginla
Marleau - Thornton - Heatley
Perry - Getzlaf - St. Louis
Morrow - Richards - Doan
Stamkos

Defence
Keith - Weber
Pronger - Niedermayer
Boyle - Bouwmeester
Green

Goalies
Brodeur
Luongo
Fluery

Love my picks? Hate 'em? Think you can do better? Post your own selections for the team that will try to recapture the gold medal for Canada on home ice in 2010.

Go Canada Go!

Women's Olympic hockey team unveiled

The 2010 Canadian Olympic women's hockey team was named on Monday, December 21, 2009.

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php...49/la_id/1.htm

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For your information:

- Official site for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games: http://www.vancouver2010.com /

- The official website for Hockey Canada: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/

- Hockey Canada will now announce the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team roster on December 30th.

- The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 12, with men's hockey starting on February 16.
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Talk about Canada's men's hockey team for the Vancouver Olympics!

Does no one care about the women's team?

I'm excited to see them in action again. Both teams, but we don't get to see our great female players on a regular basis like with the NHL.

Nice thread Kevin! I'll post my roster in a few minutes, I've gotta think about it. :p

Originally Posted by sew12

Does no one care about the women's team?

To be completely honest, no.

Originally Posted by Jake

To be completely honest, no.

Good to see a thread entitled Team Canada 2010 only encompasses 1 segment of Team Canada, and only 1 gender.

If anyone actually does care their roster was already announced:

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php...49/la_id/1.htm

Here's to Team Canada (the whole team) ownage come the new year.

Sorry Stefanie - I’ve edited my first post to include the women’s hockey team!

Originally Posted by sew12

Good to see a thread entitled Team Canada 2010 only encompasses 1 segment of Team Canada, and only 1 gender.

Ease up.

There's a reason why you only ever get to see them at the olympics, and that is because no one cares enough to watch them regularly. They've tried televising games on TSN, but no one watches them. It's not cuz it's women, it because it's like watching a peewee game. No contact, slower pace, and much less organized. Makes for a much less exciting game.

dustin penner deserves a spot, though he likely won't get it.
he's finally playing up to that big contract.

Originally Posted by reeves

Ease up.

There's a reason why you only ever get to see them at the olympics, and that is because no one cares enough to watch them regularly. They've tried televising games on TSN, but no one watches them. It's not cuz it's women, it because it's like watching a peewee game. No contact, slower pace, and much less organized. Makes for a much less exciting game.

I didn't ask anyone to care to watch their games regularly but the women's team is in the Olympics and they're great too.

Mostly its just that the thread is titled Team Canada 2010 and it only discusses the men's hockey team. I thought it might be a good place to discuss and support all of our athletes in a wider variety of sports, not just the men's hockey team.

OP I'm not mad at you or anything, I'm just pumped for the Olympics and I like the women's team and other sports along with the men's hockey team.

Awesome thread Kevin This is my Team Canada roster!

Forwards

Rick Nash - Sidney Crosby - Jarome Iginla


Dany Heatley - Joe Thornton - Corey Perry


Brenden Morrow - Mike Richards - Shane Doan


Eric Staal - Ryan Getzlaf - Martin St. Louis

Defense

Scott Niedermayer - Chris Pronger

Jay Bouwmeester - Shea Weber

Dion Phaneuf - Dan Boyle

Goalies

Roberto Luongo - Martin Brodeur

Backups

Vincent Lecavalier - Duncan Keith - Marc Andre Fleury

We have a women's hockey team?

Anyways...

How long did it take you to do that John? :p I'll post my Team Canada roster soon.

Originally Posted by danallan

dustin penner deserves a spot, though he likely won't get it.
he's finally playing up to that big contract.

I agree. If Team Canada goes by performance, not reputation, Dustin Penner is a lock for the Olympics.

Originally Posted by Matthew K

We have a women's hockey team?

Yes, we do lol. Let's stop hating on the Women's hockey team now. They're actually quite good.

Yes, and let's not forget the women's team won Gold in 06 and the men didn't even get a medal.

What do you guys think, can we do double golds again like 02?

How sweet would double Gold in hockey be on home soil?

In men's hockey, there are the traditional "top six" teams (Canada, United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland, and Czech Republic) that will battle for the gold medal, and any of these can be in the top three in any order (you can also possibly throw Slovakia in there as well). Women's hockey is a two-team race between Canada and the United States. So it's not that we don't care, it's just that there isn't enough competition to keep most people interested prior to the gold medal game.

Originally Posted by John H

Awesome thread Kevin This is my Team Canada roster!

Forwards

Rick Nash - Sidney Crosby - Jarome Iginla


Dany Heatley - Joe Thornton - Corey Perry


Brenden Morrow - Mike Richards - Shane Doan


Eric Staal - Ryan Getzlaf - Martin St. Louis

Defense

Scott Niedermayer - Chris Pronger

Jay Bouwmeester - Shea Weber

Dion Phaneuf - Dan Boyle

Goalies

Roberto Luongo - Martin Brodeur

Backups

Vincent Lecavalier - Duncan Keith - Marc Andre Fleury

Wow, okay. There goes my stereotype of jocks/hockey players being hot.

Now I definitely don't care about hockey. ()

Russians unwrap Olympic men's hockey team

Russia's Olympic hockey roster

Goalies
Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix), Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose), Semyon Varlamov (Washington)

Defence
Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh), Denis Grebeshkov (Edmonton), Dmitri Kalinin (Salavat Ufa), Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA Moscow), Andrei Markov (Montreal), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus), Anton Vonchenkov (Ottawa)

Forwards
Maxim Afinogenov (Atlanta), Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit), Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Ufa), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh), Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington), Alexander Radulov (Salavat Ufa), Alexander Semin (Washington), Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan), Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat Ufa)